This was the film that solidified Elvis's image as a rebellious icon challenging conventionality with a new style of music.Just before he arrived, the truck plummeted into the river below the bridge.At one of the souvenir stands near the leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, two shopkeepers were talking, as Superman flew by and mischievously pushed the tower into an upright, vertical position.So whaddya say we make this a nickel game, huh, to start off with.The newly-arrived hustlerproposed he rules and limits for their poker game: "Five card stud with a three-bet roof on the card and then maybe we get to say 15 cents on an open pair on the last card.[Later, we learn the two strange onlookers are "Baron" Kurtz and Dr.Winkel, later identified in the film.The Woman is Harry's Czech grieving mistress/girlfriend Anna Schmidt, a Russian exile and refugee.] After the ceremony, Martins is given a ride to town by cynical British military police officer Major Calloway (Trevor Howard), who is stationed in the British sector of Vienna.